PAL charts week 25 (2008), MGS4 second week, more GTA 4, Wii fit, ....

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talkingparrot said:

BKK2 said:

Neos said:

shanbcn said:

Chrizum said:
Wow, Alone in the Dark for Wii didn't even chart... Major flop confirmed?

 

And then they blame 3rd parties for not supporting Wii. Now wonder Konami will not even bother puting PES on Wii.

 

also, very high drop for MGS4. Really bad.

Actually, it's better than I expected. Halo 3 dropped 79% second week, and GTA IV dropped 77%. MGS4 only dropping 59% isn't too bad considering that it probably appeals to casuals less than the forementioned games. I thought it would be somewhere around 80% drop off.

 

Very true.  360 fanboys gloat at the current sale levels, but we have to be realistic, if it sold the way they mock it for not selling, it would have have a life time sales of 10 million, and that is not happening.  So far - on a week by week- shot (which I would like to reiterate is a very finicky assesment of potential life long sales)- the game is going in line to sell 4 million world wide this year.

 

The real question will be next month.  With Sony loading up more bundled consoles - could potential owners still be holding out for more bundles.  Perhaps 4 million worldwide is a bit conservative if this is the case.

 

 That is the slippery-slope of using bundles and different SKUs for promotion. People will get the idea to just wait and they will eventually get a better bundle.